srcalDiver
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I found this at the Breakwater this weekend. Do you recognize it?
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Looks like some kind of marine biologist's experiment. Maybe show someone at the aquarium or Hopkins?
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srcalDiver
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I wrote to the aquarium. Do you have a link to Hopkins?
dwashbur
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I was thinking it looks like a job for Homeland Security...
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srcalDiver
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I agree, looked iffy so I just hovered over it.
Regarding the lights, they're held on with hose clamps. One that you can see lit. One pointing in the opposite direction of the lit one and then another attached to the lower left leg pointing forward (to the right). Only one of the lights was on.
Thanks for the link.
Regarding the lights, they're held on with hose clamps. One that you can see lit. One pointing in the opposite direction of the lit one and then another attached to the lower left leg pointing forward (to the right). Only one of the lights was on.
Thanks for the link.
So the lights were still on?? Must not have been underwater that long.
Wow, in that case, it looks like a science project studying how far a sea lion or harbor seal will travel while playing with a biologist's experiment.
Wow, in that case, it looks like a science project studying how far a sea lion or harbor seal will travel while playing with a biologist's experiment.
np251
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Probably a diy video camera housing. If the lights were still on, it wasnt out there long and i would have retrieved it. Being cheap, i probably would have stolen the camera out of it too. 'Nah, it was empty when i found it. I just dried it out for you, honest!'
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srcalDiver
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No camera housing there. It was constructed of 6" cast iron pipe with cast iron caps (no ports) on each end. I imagine a pinger could be inside, if it's an experiment. It looks like orange foam isolates the feet from the pipe section.
Guy Alcala
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It looks like it's designed to be towed/dragged along the bottom as all the feet point in one direction, but for the life of me I can't see why the lights would (normally) be pointing down if there's no camera. What's inside that little shroud on the right?
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